Raymond Kelley

Raymond "Ray" Kelley (February 26, 1938 – March 4, 2025)^[1] was an American cellist and record producer. He was one of the cellists on The Simpsons: Testify and Family Guy: Live in Vegas, and Grammy Award winning Jonathan Livingston Seagull soundtrack album.

Raymond Kelley
Born	February 26, 1938
Died	March 4, 2025(2025-03-04) (aged 87)
Genres	Contemporary classical music jazz
Occupations	Cellist record producer
Years active	1956–2025
Labels	Resort Music, Inc.
Website	resortmusic.com

Since 1956, he performed classical music for six years in the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, then five years with the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra until 1968.^[2] Kelley was part of a Hollywood session musician group named the Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra from 1959 to 1974. He has played cello on many major recording artists' albums over the years.

In 1988, he founded his own record label, Resort Music, Inc. He died on March 4, 2025, aged 87.^[1]

Discography

• 1990 – Oasis
• 1991 – Destinations
• 1993 – From the Heart
• 1995 – Windy City

Featured on

• 1966 – Freak Out!, The Mothers of Invention
• 1968 – The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees, The Monkees
• 1972 – Hot August Night, Neil Diamond
• 1974 – Here Comes Inspiration, Paul Williams
• 1977 – From Me to You, George Duke
• 1980 – Faces, Earth, Wind & Fire
• 1983 – The Clarke/Duke Project II, Stanley Clarke